VOTING RIGHTS

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  • end of The civil war and 13th amendment abolishes slavery

    end of The civil war and 13th amendment abolishes slavery
    end of The civil war and 13th amendment abolishes slavery

  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment
    15th amendment gives minority males the right to vote

  • southerners wanted african americans not to vote

    southerners wanted african americans not to vote
    many southern states pass laws to take voting rights away from African Americans

  • supreme courts declare that literacy tests are unconstitutional

    supreme courts declare that literacy tests are unconstitutional

  • grandfather clause

    supreme courts declare the grandfather clause unconstitutional

  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment
    19th amendment grants women the right to vote

  • poll taxes

    supreme court declares that payroll taxes are unconstitutional

  • 24th amendment

    24th amendment outlaws payroll taxes

  • freedom summer

    freedom summer
    freedom summer is an attempt to register African Americans to vote in mississippi

  • voting rights act

    voting rights act
    voting rights to act bans racial and ethnic discimination in elections